A blog about vintage amps, pedals and their working. For over 20 years I’ve been dissecting amps, pedals and guitars to see what makes them tick! And I love a good mystery! So dive together with me in the information I can dig up from various places (both digital and analog) to tell you more on the units I work on. My main addictions are Fuzz pedals, Chorus pedals and 50’s amps. And the rarer, the better
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Articles of interest
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Anders Westenberg – Phaser / Wah / Volume
This pedal got to me in pieces; unknown if it would work properly. It was also delivered with a lot of papers from the designer / builder making sure you’d have all the files…
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Harley Benton – OD-5 Overdrive
I was triggered when this cheap pedal came along. A clean control? Could this be a Voodoo Labs Sparkle Drive clone? Harley Benton is since 1998 the house brand from Thomann, a German store…
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Royal – RFC-1 Double Effect Machine
This unit came to my door for some TLC! Royal was a Japanese effects builder that kept production up next to effects giant Shin-Ei that released effects pedals under multiple names (made for multiple…
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Jennen – Amp 72C; a Teisco 72C in disguise
I love rare vintage amps. And when this beauty came along on a second market site I was in love….. what is it? I got this Jennen amp from the second owner of the…
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Davoli Krundaal – Blue Jeans
I love old and vintage amps. And this amp is no exception. Davoli Krundaal is a company that started in 1957 in Parma, Italy. The main designer, Athos Davoli, was an electronic engineer that worked…
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FBT – 500BR; MUD-amp galore or bass amp to the max!!
Real bass amps in full tube version are sparse. The Fender Bassman (and the Marshall line that came from this), Dynacord BassKing are a few, but most of these amps were taken over by…
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Nobels – FU-Z fuzz
Some fuzz pedals are quite known. Some other fuzz pedals are not. This Nobels fuzz pedal is quite unknown and on the internet not a lot can be found on this pedal. So let’s…
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Fender – Showman AA763 with 7355 tubes
I got this beauty in for some TLC. I have worked with older Fender Showman amplifiers but this one was different: different tubes in a Fender amp? The Fender Showman was introduced as the…
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Black Lion Audio – PG-P type F
Once in a while you learn something new. Last month I had three encounters with amps that did something weird: All three amps produced weird noises at night but were miraculously cured the next…
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